Product Owner / Lead - DevOps Team (w/m/d)

Location: Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Location:

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Job ID:

R1013138

Date Posted:

2026-07-07

Company Name:

Hitachi Rail Austria GmbH

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

PRODUCT OWNER / LEAD - DEVOPS TEAM (F/M/D)

Hitachi Rail Austria is a full system provider and global supplier of train control technology and traffic management systems (f. ex. European Train Control System (ETCS), Electronic interlockings, Operation Control Centers and dispatching systems, Field elements).

As part of the Engineering Team you will contribute to the design and development of a full stack generic digital platform and assist application development teams to integrate business specific applications. If you want to contribute to a complex and highly available system, then join us Hitachi Rail Austria!

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Technical leading of DevOps Scrum Team

• Development and optimization of an on-premise full stack generic platform for railway products with focus on high availability, reliability and cyber security

• Support development teams in cloud native application development and deployment

• Setup and maintain build, release and deployment pipelines (CI/CD)

• Design and implement a robust diagnostics and monitoring system

• Collaboration in a distributed agile team

YOUR PROFILE

• Technical Degree preferably in Informatics, Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar

• 2+ years of relevant experience and technical know-how on

  • Cloud and virtualization technologies (KVM, OpenStack, AWS EC2, VMware vSphere and similar)

  • Container and container orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes …)

  • Scripting of automation processes around CI/CD (Jenkins, Groovy, Python, Bash, Ruby, …)

  • Linux administration experience (Ubuntu, RedHat, ..)

  • Developer knowledge (12 Factor Apps, Spring Boot, ..)

  • Monitoring and log collection solutions (Prometheus, Elk, Nagios, ..)

• Experience working in an international context (multi unit/multi site) is an advantage

• Experience in agile methodology is an advantage

• Fluency in English and a good level of German

• Innovative, adaptable and customer-oriented team player

WE OFFER

• The salary for this position starts at € 70.000 gross p.a. Actual compensation is based on experience and qualification.

• Very good accessibility by public transport (Vienna Handelskai) & subsidies for public transport

• Flexible working hours and, depending on the position, up to 60% home office

• Hitachi Rail gives you holidays on Christmas (24.12) and New Year's Eve (31.12)

• Discounts for employees (canteen, shops, corporate benefits, tickets, etc.)

• Various training opportunities - online, internal and external training courses

• A stable employer in a collegial and international environment

WHO WE ARE

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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